National Institute of Building Sciences to Launch Infrastructure 2022 Series
There has been a lot of movement, talk, and news coverage around infrastructure. This year, the National Institute of Building Sciences’ Consultative Council plans to launch Infrastructure 2022, a quarterly webinar series around key infrastructure topics. Webinars will cover transportation infrastructure and…
Vancouver has backlog of 500 applications for building permits
The City of Vancouver has a backlog of 500 applications from people seeking permits to build single-family homes, duplexes and laneway houses. The backlog comes despite a council-initiated task force created early last year to reduce the time builders have to…
Lumber prices soaring thanks to B.C. flooding
Lumber prices are soaring to levels not seen in seven months as the lingering effects of flooding in B.C. disrupt supplies and shipments. Lumber futures jumped 3.8 per cent to the exchange limit of US$1,219 per 1,000 board feet in Chicago…
90% of contractors can’t get enough supplies
Construction firms in the Okanagan are among the hardest-hit in the province by supply chain disruptions, an industry group says. Highway closures caused by flooding only exacerbated the difficulties builders were already having sourcing basic construction materials, the Independent Contractors and…
Construction begins on new homes for Indigenous Peoples in Vernon
Construction is starting on a 35-unit housing development designed to help address the affordability and accessibility needs of Indigenous individuals, Elders and families in Vernon. “We know there’s a significant need to build more affordable and accessible homes for Indigenous Peoples in…
What if all our buildings were sucking carbon from the air?
The first commercial carbon removal plant, where CO2 is sucked out of the air and stored underground, is in a remote part of Iceland, nowhere near a city. It’s a massive industrial operation. But the carbon-capturing technology doesn’t need to be sequestered…